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Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of September

Mayer Brown on 10/3/2024

I. US SANCTIONS - U.S. Department of the Treasury Acts Against Russian Virtual Currency Exchanges: On September 26, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an...more

Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of August

Mayer Brown on 8/30/2024

US SANCTIONS - US Department of the Treasury Takes Further Action against Russia’s International Supply Chains: On August 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US...more

Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of February

Mayer Brown on 3/1/2024

I. US SANCTIONS - US Department of the Treasury Sanctions Almost 300 Individuals and Entities: On February 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned almost 300 individuals...more

Travel Insurance Companies Hit with OFAC Enforcement Actions

The Volkov Law Group on 12/19/2019

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) continues to rack up settlements. Two travel insurance companies recently settled OFAC enforcement actions for violations of the Cuban Embargo....more

US Sanctions as Diplomacy Tools and Political Weapons: Complexities and Opportunities for the Business Community

Mintz on 2/6/2015

Sanctions: Why So Hot Now? - In response to a number of foreign policy crises encountered over the past few years, the Obama Administration has sought a new and more aggressive approach to using sanctions to advance US...more

Iran Sanctions Relief Offers Limited Opportunities and Substantial Risks

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/29/2014

Introduction and Summary - On January 20, 2014, the departments of State and the Treasury announced details of the United States’ plan to suspend certain sanctions against Iran pursuant to the November 24, 2013 Joint...more

United States Implements Temporary Changes to Iran Sanctions under Interim Agreement

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/23/2014

On January 20, 2014, the U.S. Treasury and State Departments took steps to implement temporary and limited changes to U.S. sanctions policy for Iran as agreed under the interim nuclear deal reached by Iran and the P5 + 1...more

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